AN OUTER BANKS FANFIC**
Briana Rutledge always lived a small, simple life. She lived alone with her mother and no knowledge of any other family. That is, until her mom told her of a brother she'd never heard of. Brie runs away to find her brother, b...
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"Remind me why we decided to come down here again," Kiara asks.
"Uh, because of your plan to get the cash," Pope points out.
It's been two days since the fight on the beach. Pope, Kie and I are retracing our steps in the sewers to make sure we didn't miss anything the last time we were down here. John B and Sarah are planning out their next move to retrieve the gold that Ward stole, and JJ went home to deal with his dad who was released from jail yesterday.
"Okay, here we are," I breathe. I run my fingers over the engravings again. Kie shines her flashlight on the wall. "Woah," Pope says.
I look closely at the wall. There are scratch marks all over the wall, almost like tally marks. Why would someone put talley marks on a sewer wall? Suddenly, I hear water dropping. "Guys, do you hear that?"
"Is that.. water," Kie asks. We listen to the droplets falling. "Where is that coming from?"
Then, water splashes loudly through the sewers. "Guys, I think someone turned the water on," Pope says.
"Let's go," I shout as the water gets closer. We trample towards the nearest ladder. Luckily, it's unlocked. We climb through as quick as we can. Kie and Pope start running, but before I follow them, I spot Rafe Cameron staring at me from down the street. I notice Pope and Kie getting farther and begin catching up to them.
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Since John B and Sarah had the van, we were left to walk to rest of the way to the Chateau. When we finally got back to the house, we take a breather out front.
"Okay, what the hell just happened," Kiara asks. Pope grabs the hose and starts to spray himself off. "Guys, I think Rafe tried to drown us," I tell them. Pope immediately turns the water off. "What?"
"I saw Rafe watching us when we left the sewers," I explain. "I think he turned the water on."
"I'm gonna kill that mother-," Kie begins before Pope says, "It doesn't matter. Did we find anything that we missed?"
"I think the scratches on the wall were tally marks," I answer. "Like someone was counting days."
"That's weird," Kie says. Pope nods in agreement. "What could they have been counting?"
"No clue, but I need a shower," I tell them. "Let's go inside."
Kie and Pope follow me into the Chateau. When I open the door, I stop and stare at the trail of beer cans and liquor bottles leading up to the pull-out couch. JJ lays, half asleep, drunken and bruised. I slowly walk closer to him, horrified at his appearance.
